[Verse 1]
White tile floor
You peel the gloves from your tired hands
Name tag shines
Like a halo in fluorescent bands
I bring the dead
You breathe the breath back into me
Cold-room kiss
Under sheets meant for the deceased
[Chorus]
This is our autopsy of a heart
Ribcage open just to tear it apart
Cut me in two
I will still choose you
Carve out the guilt
But it bleeds right through
I lie in the light of my patient's eyes
Then drown in the dark where your shadow lies
God
I'm so alive in your sterile arms
And it's killing everything I love
[Verse 2]
Your laugh
Echoes down corridors meant for prayers
I scrub
Her lipstick ghosts from my collar there
Little shoes
By the door like question marks
Tiny hands
Reach for mine in the falling dark
[Pre-Chorus]
I wear this ring
Like a bandage pulled too tight
You trace its edge
Say
“You never take off your lies” (oh)
[Chorus]
This is our autopsy of a heart
Ribcage open just to tear it apart
Cut me in two
I will still choose you
Carve out the guilt
But it bleeds right through
I lie in the light of my patient’s eyes
Then drown in the dark where your shadow lies
God
I'm so alive in your sterile arms
And it's killing everything I love
[Bridge]
[Music drops to low organ and toms]
I sign the forms
You close the wound
We trade our vows
In the break room gloom
You say my name
Like a last rite prayer
I taste forever
And formaldehyde air
Will she smell you
In my funeral suit
Will my daughter learn
What her father refused
Two men in a corner
Burning like a curse
We keep this love hidden
And it only gets worse (worse, worse)
[Chorus]
This is our autopsy of a heart
Ribcage open just to tear it apart
Cut me in two
I will still choose you
Carve out the guilt
But it bleeds right through
I lie in the light of my patient’s eyes
Then drown in the dark where your shadow lies
God
I'm so alive in your gentle harm
And it's killing everything
Yeah
It's killing everything I love